What was found
WHILE TAKING DELIVERY OF A NEW AIRCRAFT, NOTICED THE RADOME TO FUSELAGE CONTOUR HAS A MISMATCH. THE RADOME IS BIGGER THAN THE FUSELAGE. AT THE SAME TIME TEXTRON WAS DELIVERING S/N 525B-0917 AND IT HAD A LARGER MISMATCH. WAS TOLD BY TEXTRON REPRESENTATIVES THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT PASSED TEXTRON QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTION & AIRCRAFT WAS READY TO BE DELIVERED. ASKED FOR PROOF THAT THE MISMATCH WAS IN SPEC & WAS GIVEN AN EXCERPT FROM THE 525B SRM. (SRM 51-00-03). WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE RADOME WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A DOOR OR ACCESS PANEL AND NOT PART OF THE SKIN. THE SKIN MISMATCH TOLERANCES ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN DOOR AND ACCESS PANEL TOLERANCES. IF THE RADOME IS A DOOR OR ACCESS PANEL, THE SRM REFERENCES A ACCEPTABLE MISMATCH OF .040 MAX. IF THE RADOME IS PART OF THE SKIN THE MAX ACCEPTABLE MISMATCH IS .005. THE CURRENT S/N -0918 MEASUREMENTS ON THE RADOME RANGE FROM .030 TO .075 AROUND THE FUSELAGE TO RADOME MATTING SURFACE. THIS MISMATCH IS NOT NORMAL ON THE OLDER 525'S CJ3 AND CJ3+ AIRCRAFT.